The Hollies
From Manchester, England.

The Two Teens / Ricky and Dane / The Guytones (1956 - 1958)
  • Allan Clarke - guitar/vocals - b. April 15, 1942, Salford, England.
  • Graham Nash - guitar/vocals - b. February 2, 1942, Blackpool, England.
The Fourtones(1958 - 1961)
The Deltas(1961 - 1962)
  • Allan Clarke - vocals
  • Graham Nash - guitar/vocals
  • Eric Haydock - bass - b. February 3, 1943, Manchester, England.
  • Don Rathbone - drums - b. England.
The Hollies I (1962 - 1963)
  • Allan Clarke - vocals
  • Graham Nash - guitar/vocals
  • Eric Haydock - bass
  • Don Rathbone - drums
  • Tony Hicks - guitar - b. Anthony Hicks, December 16, 1943, Nelson, England.
The Hollies II (1963 - 1966)
  • Allan Clarke - vocals
  • Graham Nash - guitar/vocals
  • Eric Haydock - bass
  • Tony Hicks - guitar
  • Bobby Elliott - drums - b. Robert Elliott, December 8, 1942, Burnley, England.
Albums:
  1. "Here I Go Again" (1965)
  2. "Hear! Here!" (1965)
  3. "1963-1966 at Abbey Road" (1997)
The Hollies III (1966 - 1968)
  • Allan Clarke - vocals
  • Graham Nash - guitar/vocals
  • Tony Hicks - guitar
  • Bobby Elliott - drums
  • Bernard Calvert - bass - b. September 16, 1943, Burnley, England.
Albums:
  1. "Beat Group!" (1966)
  2. "Bus Stop" (1966) - Single: "Bus Stop"
  3. "Stop Stop Stop" (1967)
  4. "Evolution" (1967)
  5. "Dear Eloise / King Midas in Reverse" (1967)
Graham Nash joins Crosby, Stills and Nash.
The Hollies IV (1968 - 1971)
  • Allan Clarke - vocals
  • Tony Hicks - guitar
  • Bobby Elliott - drums
  • Bernard Calvert - bass
  • Terry Sylvester - guitar/vocals - b. January 8, 1947, Liverpool, England.
Albums:
  1. "Words and Music by Bob Dylan" (1969)
  2. "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (1969) - Single: "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
  3. "Moving Finger" (1970)
The Hollies V(1971 - 1973)
  • Tony Hicks - guitar
  • Bobby Elliott - drums
  • Bernard Calvert - bass
  • Terry Sylvester - guitar/vocals
  • Mikael Rikfors - vocals - b. Sweden
Albums:
  1. "Distant Light" (1971)
  2. "Romany" (1972)
The Hollies VI (1973 - 1977)
  • Allan Clarke - vocals
  • Tony Hicks - guitar
  • Bobby Elliott - drums
  • Bernard Calvert - bass
  • Terry Sylvester - guitar/vocals
Albums:
  1. "Hollies" (1974)
  2. "Another Night" (1975)
  3. "The Hollies / Clarke, Hicks, Sylvester, Calvert, Elliott" (1977)
Allan Clarke joins The Alan Parsons Project.
The Hollies VII (1977 - 1978)
  • Tony Hicks - guitar
  • Bobby Elliott - drums
  • Bernard Calvert - bass
  • Terry Sylvester - guitar/vocals
The Hollies VIII (1978 - 1981)
  • Allan Clarke - vocals
  • Tony Hicks - guitar
  • Bobby Elliott - drums
  • Bernard Calvert - bass
  • Terry Sylvester - guitar/vocals
Albums:
  1. "A Crazy Steal" (1978)
  2. "Buddy Holly" (1980)
Group disbands.
The Hollies IX (1983) (reformed)
Albums:
  1. "What Goes Around..." (1983)
  2. "Stop! In the Name of Love"
The Hollies X (1983 - 1993)
  • Allan Clarke - vocals
  • Tony Hicks - guitar
  • Bobby Elliott - drums
The Hollies XI (1993 - 2000)
  • Allan Clarke - vocals
  • Tony Hicks - guitar
  • Bobby Elliott - drums
  • Eric Haydock - bass
  • Terry Sylvester - guitar/vocals
Allan Clarke retires.
The Hollies XII (2000 - July 10, 2004)
  • Tony Hicks - guitar
  • Bobby Elliott - drums
  • Eric Haydock - bass
  • Terry Sylvester - guitar/vocals
  • Carl Wayne - vocals - b. Colin David Tooley, August 18, 1943, Moseley, England; d. August 31, 2004 - formerly with Carl Wayne and The Vikings and The Move.
Compilations:
  1. "The Hollies' Greatest Hits" (1967)
  2. "Epic Anthology" (1990)
  3. "All Time Greatest Hits" (1990)
  4. "30th Anniversary Collection" (1993)
  5. "20 Golden Greats" (1996)
  6. "Archive Alive!" (1997)
  7. "Hollies" (1997)
Allan Clarke solo:
  1. "My Real Name is 'Arold"
  2. "Headroom"
  3. "I Wasn't Born Yesterday"
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Last Revised:  April 20, 2009
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